By Vladimir Brezina
We’ve just had Twinkle as a Photo Challenge—and now we have Sparkle. And, indeed, there is a difference!
Here’s some Sparkle—
From the 2014 Everglades Challenge
Now I am looking forward to Glitter, or perhaps Shimmer, Glimmer, or Flicker…
... kayaked the waters around New York for more than 15 years in his red Feathercraft folding kayak. He was originally from (the former) Czechoslovakia and lived in the U.K. and California before settling down in New York. He was a neuroscientist at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City. He died in 2016.
... is a kayaker and technology researcher at Nemertes Research. She's an erstwhile engineer, particle physicist, and science fiction writer. She was born in California and has lived in Italy, Norway, Hawaii, and a few other places. She currently resides in New York City.
 | CurlsnSkirls on The First Leg! |
 | Johna Till Johnson on The First Leg! |
| Johna Till Johnson on The First Leg! |
 | Marilyn Albright on The First Leg! |
| CurlsnSkirls on The First Leg! |
| Johna Till Johnson on Looks Like They Made It! |
 | Pit on Looks Like They Made It! |
| Johna Till Johnson on More Scenes From the Nort… |
| CurlsnSkirls on Halfway There! |
 | Larry Jensen on More Scenes From the Nort… |
| Johna Till Johnson on R2AK: Scenes From the Northern… |
 | Frank Winters on R2AK: Scenes From the Northern… |
| Johna Till Johnson on Halfway There! |
| CurlsnSkirls on Halfway There! |
| Johna Till Johnson on And They’re Off! |
Wind Against Current 
Wow
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:-)
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Happy New Year!
Really beautiful captures, Vladimir! I am the most drawn to the second one with the great contrasts and that ship, alluring at the horizon. :)
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Thanks so much—and a very happy New Year to you!!
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These are great! Thanks for sharing!
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You are most welcome—thank you! :-)
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Lovely set of sparkly photos. I love how you captured the first one – sparkly on one side and not the other. It’s like someone is paddling away from the light. Happy New Year :)
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Toward the light, always! :-)
Happy New Year!!
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I am lucky to live where I get to see the sparkles on water frequently. Very hard to capture in a photography and you have done it well!!
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It helps to be close to the water. If you are in a kayak and take a photo into the sun in the late afternoon, it usually Sparkles :-)
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That first photo makes me think I might drown…gulp! (putting on life jacket now)
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That possibility did occur to us, especially as the waves got bigger later toward evening. But that turned out to be the roughest day—and it wasn’t all that rough—of the entire 8-day Everglades Challenge. The rest of the time, the Gulf of Mexico was calm :-)
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Oh MY Goodness!
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Ahhhh . . . makes me dream of heading to the coast and the open water.
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:-) Hopefully somewhere south!
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